I think many of us live in a rut. Stuck in a groove we can't get out of, whether it's our job, family drama or the little frustrations of everyday life.

I need paper and pen to release my imagination. I can't create on a machine.

Anything is possible when tackling a blank sheet with ink. It's less distracting because I'm away from my computer and all of its convenient diversions.

I came up with an idea to turn the cliché inside out: instead of humans threatened by zombies, what if a sympathetic zombie was threatened by humans?

I like a strange, wide range of stuff. I like classical music and industrial noise bands. John Waters films and Peanuts cartoons. Barry Manilow and GG Allin. I should have my head examined.

The genres change but all of my stories feature ordinary people thrown into frightening, life-altering situations.

The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good that keep us from acting out on our darkest impulses.

I'm going to slow down a little bit, but I won't stop creating. I can't!

It wasn't science and technology that cause a slow progress, but collective knowledge of the society and market demands.

Forgiveness is the fastest way to a spiritual path and inner peace of mind

But it’s a hundred and twelve years old!” He protested.“She still works pretty good.” Deire maintained. “Stardrive gets a mite twitchy at warp 4, but that’s just a dodgy plasma injector.

But one way or another competing and weeding takes place . . . or a race goes downhill.

It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep

A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.

Theres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.